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Analysis of frequency and phenotype of antigen-specific T cells.
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) - 1 Jan 2009
Stock Angus, Cerundolo Vincenzo
Abstract excerpt
Over the last decade, our understanding of the cellular immune system has been greatly advanced through the development of methods to identify antigen-specific T cells directly ex vivo. The major reagents and techniques used for this purpose are (i) tetramerised MHC:peptide complexes (tetramers) which bind to specific T-cell receptors (TCR) and (ii) assays that detect T cells which synthesise cytokines in...
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